Jupiter’s moon Europa has long been a favorite in the search for life beyond Earth, and fresh data from NASA’s Juno ...

A rare purple sea snail (Janthina) washes ashore in San Deigo. Scientists reveal its floating bubble-raft lifestyle, striking violet colour and how ocean currents unexpectedly carried it to the beach.

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ORLANDO, Fla. — Ted the turtle is celebrating his 22nd birthday with a cake only a turtle could love made up of fish, krill, pellet, fruit and veggies. Ted, who calls Sea Life Orlando Aquarium home, ...

It might be among the first mammals to go extinct in North America after colonization. But can scientists prove it was even a distinct species? Ian Rose In the 19th century, Indigenous people and ...

One of the biggest crises in Earth history was marked by a revolution in the shellfish – brachiopods, sometimes called ‘lamp shells’ were replaced everywhere ecologically by the bivalves, such as ...

There's something in the water, and, for once, it's not sharks. But it'll probably leave the same trail of destruction, desperation, and broken hearts, at least for the dozens of wannabe cruise ...

Skeleton season may be just around the corner, but the skeleton age dawned with the early Cambrian Period, about 538 million to 506 million years ago. In this time span, most major animal groups ...